Sabres could be a tough out for any playoff team

‘"There’s always one or two teams that you say, ‘Boy, those guys have gone well,’C" Ruff said. "We’ve gone well. Any time, as a coach, you take a look and think, ‘Oh, it doesn’t matter. It’s the playoffs.’ But it just seems that teams that have gone well down the stretch are usually the teams that are tougher to play against in the playoffs."’